digital Footprint

Q2 Your Evolving Footprint: Vocabulary

5. Digital Footprint

Key Vocabulary

Algorithm: An algorithm is a detailed step-by-step instruction set or recipe for solving a problem or completing a task. A clear organized plan that leads to a desired outcome.

Convey: To convey is to communicate a message or information. 

Digital footprint: A digital footprint is a word used to describe the trails, traces, or footprints that people leave online. Anytime you visit or create a web page, post a photo, or write something online, there will remain a trace of what you did even if you delete it.

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MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

1. Empowered Learner
a. Articulate and set personal learning goals, developing strategies leveraging technology to achieve them, and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes

2. Digital Citizen
a. Cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and aware of their permanence of their actions in the digital world
b. Engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology
d. Manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security